The papers of John Jay

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Name Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851

Document, 1830 July 15

1. Document, 1830 July 15

Name: Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
Date: 1830 July 15
Summary: Begins to think of returning to America with his family, though the youngest children are just beginning to reap advantages from their travels. Preferred Italy and finds Germany "tame." The commonest items in New York are luxur...
Number of Images: 2

Document, 1832 January 02

2. Document, 1832 January 02

Name: Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
Date: 1832 January 02
Summary: Offers to buy wine for him as duties will be reduced under the new treaty. Will send a Rembrandt copy made by Mr. Nurse; has bought for $8 a portrait of a woman of the time of Louis XIV, artist undetermined. The political atmos...
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Document, 1843 February 27

3. Document, 1843 February 27

Name: Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 (Author) Jay, John C. (John Clarkson), 1808-1891 (Addressee)
Date: 1843 February 27
Summary: Jay's father was too good a friend for him to omit a communication to his children on the occasion of his death. Never knew a man whose principles and conduct more fully commanded his respect. Few men can point to such a father...
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